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Bill: Lex Mutanabbia de Carceribus Reformandis
Details
Submitted by[?]: Factio Republicana Socialistica
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 4400
Description[?]:
| Mutanabbian Law on Prison Reform Senators, The Republican Party has consistently advocated reforming our judicial system by introducing judicial corporal punishment as a voluntary alternative to incarceration, and between 4373 and 4381 this was the law of the land. During that time the number of incarcerated offenders decreased drastically, and the negative consequences of imprisonment, including recidivism, child abuse, and unemployment, declined as a result. But unfortunately the system introduced in 4373 was abandoned and Selucia returned to using incarceration as the main punitive measure, for no justifiable reason. Last year the Senate had the chance of restoring a more humane and less disruptive system, and yet the Senators failed our citizens and did not adopt voluntary corporal punishment. But the latest elections have given us a glimmer of hope that we may finally bring back the 4373 penal reform and implement a more just, humane, and efficient penal system. Hoping that this time the Senate will see the light of reason and compassion, we once again propose the policies introduced but rejected under the Mutanabbian Law on Restoring Corporal Punishment: I. All those convicted of a crime resulting in a prison sentence of at least one year will be allowed to voluntarily alter their prison sentence to an equivalent of one lash per six months of jail time. II. The offender shall receive no more than 30 lashes on any one occasion, irrespective of the total number of offences committed. III. Flogging is to be carried under strict medical supervision by a trained medical officer. The medical officer is to certify that the offender is fit to undergo the procedure and verify the offender's medical fitness for its entire duration. IV. Flogging must not be carried out in installments. Should the medical officer, at any point during the procedure, certify that the offender is no longer in a fit state to receive the remainder of the punishment, the procedure must be stopped, and the offender returned to the court for the remainder of lashes to be converted to the equivalent prison term. V. Flogging is to be applied over the bare buttocks, and protective gear is to be worn by the offender to avoid damage to vital organs, such as bones, the kidneys or the spine. VI. Flogging is to always be applied in private by a trained and physically fit flogging officer, who is to maximize the physical and psychological pain caused by flogging without causing lasting damage; if the sentence involves more than six lashes two or more officers may take turns to flog the offender to ensure all lashes are equal in forcefulness. VII. Flogging is to be applied with a single whip, which must be treated with antiseptic prior to use to prevent infection. VIII. The following categories of offenders may not apply for flogging and must carry out their prison sentence: * Offenders convicted of first-degree murder * Violent sexual offenders * Repeat sexual offenders * Repeat violent offenders * Offenders convicted of sexual crimes against minors * Offenders sentenced to death whose sentences have not been commuted * Offenders under the age of 16 or over the age of 65 Haider bin Talal al-Mutanabbi Senator |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Legality of judicial physical punishment
Old value:: All forms of physical punishment are illegal.
Current: Judicial corporal punishment that causes permanent injury (eg. mutilation) is legal.
Proposed: Judicial corporal punishment (eg. caning or flogging) is legal.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 413 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 291 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 46 |
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